Community Wildlife Grant

The community wildlife grant is open to parish councils, charities and constituted voluntary groups.  It is for projects in Lincolnshire that:

• protect, improve or promote wildlife
• promote access to and enjoyment of the countryside
• local communities support and may undertake

They award grants for:

• tree and hedge planting
• woodland improvement
• hedge laying
• village nature area creation
• repairing dry stone walls
• access improvements to nature area
• leaflets and information boards
• wildlife surveys

Grants are for between £50 and £500 up to 75 per cent of the total costs.  If the local community does the work, the remaining 25 per cent could be volunteer time.

To be eligible, your organisation:

• may only receive one grant per year
• must be responsible for all future maintenance of a project
• must have a formal constitution and bank account
• Grants are to pay for specific pre-agreed expenses.  Your organisation must provide receipts for these

If you do not have a constitution, another organisation must apply on your behalf.

The closing dates to apply are 1st April and 1st September each year.